Weather Records on 5 October 1930

285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1930. Highest significance: Hays 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 5 October 1930

On 5 October 1930, 285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 281 daily.
Hays 1 S set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 5 October 1930.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

285 stations

285 station records on 5 October 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

285 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 157.

Records on 5 October 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

246 broken records

Margins by which the 246 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1930

Top 20 records on 5 October 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1930	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1930	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1930	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1930	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1930	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Carabost, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Stuart Mill State School, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Keilands, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Cooktown Post Office, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Coleman, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Lampasas, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Derrinallum (Craigmore), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 October 1930	Blanco, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1795 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1930. 1930 had 285 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	204
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1